Yeah, Global Warming is the IN thing nowadays. Every one seems to be talking about this. Even I do.. and really wish it doesnt do much harm to us.
And then there is this thing of our hill-stations warming up too. Yes, the snow season is shifting slowly slowly to Jan and Feb but the avg tempeatures - what about that?
I did a little research on this. Took up the case of Shimla, a well known hill-station in Himachal Pradesh, 355kms north of New Delhi at an elevation of around 7000 feet above mean seal level.
I went thru the max and min temperature for 20-25th December from 2000 till last year, ie, 2006. And then I figured out the avg max and min for this 6day period from 2000 to 2006. Here are the results :
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The first table in the picture shows the avg temp (max and min)between 20-25th Dec for each year. The second table shows the day by day max/min temperature from 2000 to 2006.
The avg temp came down from 2000 to 2001 to even 2002, then rose in 2003 as well as 2004, coming down in 2005 and then once again rising last year. What does this mean? We are experiencing Global Warming for sure but then why this kind of variation seen in the avg temperatures for a hill-station from 2000 to 2006? Even if you compare the figs for year 2000 and 2006, you will see the avg temp have come down. But then why is the snowfall season shifting forward? (Feb 2006 saw the highest snowfall even in the month Feb in Shimla)
I still cant figure out why? Why is this happening... More researches and shocking figs coming up soon in the next couple of days.
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